VIDEO: Climate Week NYC Opening Ceremony

Date

19 September 2013

On Monday, September 23, we hosted the Climate Week NYC 2013 Opening Ceremony in New York City, where influential leaders from around the world gathered to call for business and government to move from climate dialogue—to action.

We streamed a live video of the event using the media player below, which will soon be replaced with an on-demand version.

You will be able to see world leaders joined by America's top faith, military and agriculture representatives at the Opening Ceremony, including a special high-level panel on climate resilient communities, hosted by Climate Week NYC founding sponsor Swiss Re.

Marking its 5th anniversary in 2013, Climate Week NYC is the global summit that has become a key event on the international climate change calendar; it is a meeting point for leading governments, investors, businesses, innovators and opinion formers. It was created and is hosted by The Climate Group.

American Clean Revolution briefing

In the lead up to last year's Climate Week NYC, we made the case that a rapid transition to a clean economy was the only path to long-term prosperity for the United States: American Clean Revolution.

Progress towards this transition has been made in recent years. Since 2005, US greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by 7% and US renewable energy capacity has more than doubled. Pioneering climate policies have been adopted at the US state level. And newly proposed greenhouse gas regulations at the federal level promise further reductions in the years to come.

But these actions won’t be enough to meet the US’ long term emission reduction goals. Despite the recent decline, US emissions are set to rise again this year and steadily in the future if further action isn’t taken.

So what actions can be taken in the coming years in order to set the US on the path towards a truly low carbon, resilient society?

We explore this critical question in our new briefing, which is the basis of the discussion among business and government leaders at this year’s Climate Week NYC 2013.